Murrieta Mesa's Zac Filos (3) delivers a pitch during the Inland Baseball Coaches Association All-Star baseball game at San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, Tuesday, June 14, 2016.

La Sierra's Adrian Rosell (13), left, and Tahquitz's Brennan Morales (5), right, bump fists after Rosell scored a run during the Inland Baseball Coaches Association All-Star baseball game at San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, Tuesday, June 14, 2016.

Summit's Alfredo Rodriguez (15), right, throws to first base after recording the force out at second on Citrus Hill's Marcos Hernandez (2), left, during the Inland Baseball Coaches Association All-Star baseball game at San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino,Tuesday, June 14, 2016.

Summit's Salcido Tristain (27), left, blocks the plate and applies the tag on Ramona's Daniel Martinez (5), right, on a play at the plate during the Inland Baseball Coaches Association All-Star baseball game at San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, Tuesday, June 14, 2016.

Bloomington's Dillion Krah (16) throws to first base during the Inland Baseball Coaches Association All-Star baseball game at San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, Tuesday, June 14, 2016.

Cajon's Gabriel Gordillo (16) catches a foul ball for an out during the Inland Baseball Coaches Association All-Star baseball game at San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, Tuesday, June 14, 2016.

Carter's Eduardo Martinez (31), center, is congratulated by teammates after scoring a run during the Inland Baseball Coaches Association All-Star baseball game at San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, Tuesday, June 14, 2016.

Citrus Hill's Marcos Hernandez (2), left, applies the tag on Chaparral's Jake Hitch (27), right, at second base during the Inland Baseball Coaches Association All-Star baseball game at San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, Tuesday, June 14, 2016.

North's Shane Martinez (10) throws out a runner at first base during the Inland Baseball Coaches Association All-Star baseball game at San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, Tuesday, June 14, 2016.

REV's Andrew Miner (2) delivers a pitch during the Inland Baseball Coaches Association All-Star baseball game at San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, Tuesday, June 14, 2016.

SAN BERNARDINO – It was only 10 days ago that Murrieta Mesa High School capped off an improbable CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship with a victory over North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake.

Two of those Rams were back at San Manuel Stadium Tuesday night as Zac Filos and Andy Thomas helped lead Riverside County to a 9-4 victory over San Bernardino County in the IEBCA All-Star Game. San Bernardino was done in by wildness, throwing nine wild pitches.

San Bernardino led early, 3-1, but that lead slipped away and Riverside scored the tying run on an error after Shane Martinez reached on an infield hit. Thomas drove in the go-ahead run with a single to right for a 4-3 lead.

“It was a 2-0 fastball and I was fortunate to get my hands in front of it and get it into right-center,” Thomas said.

Thomas, who also scored the team’s first run after reaching on an error in the second inning, earned team MVP honors in the game.

Thomas said the game had a different intensity level than the one 10 days ago.

“This was a lot more relaxed,” Thomas said. “I had a lot of fun joking around with the other guys.”

Filos was Riverside’s starting pitcher Tuesday and did not give up a hit in a scoreless inning of work, striking out one.

Riverside’s lead grew to 5-3 before San Bernardino rallied in the top of the ninth as Alex Villalvazo scored a run on a passed ball and Jacob Barnes was on third base. But Riverside North’s David Magallanez retired Aquinas’ Andrew Aguilera on a flyout to preserve the win.

However, the teams played the bottom of the ninth to allow additional players to get into the game and Robbie Guerrero belted a three-run homer in the ninth to pad Riverside’s lead.

The game also featured a return to San Manuel Stadium for CIF-SS runner-ups Andrew Miner and Paul Rojas of Division 2 Redlands East Valley and Division 4’s Justin Wells of Kaiser on the San Bernardino County team.

Carter’s Eduardo Martinez and Summit’s Alfredo Rodriguez were key in helping San Bernardino take the early lead. Martinez led off the second inning with a triple, scored on Rodriguez’s RBI double and Tristen Macias added an RBI single for a 2-0 lead.

Martinez led off the fourth with a walk and eventually scored on Rodriguez’s RBI single. Rodriguez was named team MVP in the game.

San Bernardino also had difficulty making contact as Riverside pitchers combined to strike out 15 batters and managed just one hit from the fifth through the eighth innings.

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